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isdublinbusy

Yes, Of course.

But how busy?

Dan Nugent writes:

I am from Dublin-based creative agency In the Company of Huskies. Last year, we created the site isdublinbusy.com, a resource that gave Dublin Xmas shoppers all the info they needed to successfully navigate the crowds at Christmas time.

It was built from both live and historical data – from car park spaces to live traffic cams, from Dublin Bike availability to public transport tweets and much, much more.

And an in-depth analysis over 5 years helped create a chart mapping the city’s estimated footfall traffic for each hour of December!

The site went viral last year and featured on your site. We’ve listened to what people said last year and added Xmas opening hours of Dublin’s most popular stores, updated daily.

And also added an interactive map displaying every available bike stand in the city, along with its capacity and safety rating.

Dublin shoppers can find all they need to know on one brilliantly clever site.

IsDublinBusy?

Yesterday morning.

Pat Kenny, on Newstalk, interviewed  Sinn Féin TD Eoin O’Broin – during which they talked about the Universal Social Charge.

From their discussion…

Pat Kenny: “You’re saying that you want to keep that, you’re the working man’s friend. You want to keep that regime, where half of what you earn goes straight to the Revenue because you’ll never change the USC. Come on. That is not what ordinary people want? Ordinary, sorry. Ordinary, working people. People who don’t work, it doesn’t affect them one way or the other.”

Eoin Ó’Bróin: “Pat…”

Kenny: “But people who work…[inaudible] hours overtime and half of it goes to Michael Noonan – how fair is that?”

Ó’Bróin: “Well, first of all Pat, I would imagine that I spend a lot more time with ordinary, average income earners than you do but what’s also crucial is…”

Kenny: “Heyyyy…cheap shot, cheap shot, cheap shot, cheap shot.”

Ó’Bróin: “Pat…”

Kenny: “No, come on, all my colleagues in Newstalk, they’re not high earners. I work with them every single day of the week and I know their difficulties. I’m mature, I’ve earned a good living over many years. I started at the bottom, like everybody else and I’m looking at people who are working their way up from the bottom so don’t lecture me about the company that I keep.”

Listen back in full here

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Niall C tweetz:

Going through some stills from a shoot with Irish Air Corps last week. That bog on the right remind you of anything?

Uncanny.

The Broadsheet Buke of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland (edited by Aidan Coughlan, New Island, €5) Some still in stock!

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Edward Wolohan writes:

I wanted to share this photo with you I made from last night. It’s a 1hr 23min star trail, with a little light painting. The structure is an 18th century stone Pyramid, in the Old Kilbride cemetery in Arklow.

Michael Pidgeon writes:

A decent Green Party councillor in Dún Laoghaire got sent this bizarre letter from Fine Gael for the incredible local work they’ve been doing in (area)

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Next year today.

Nicole Buckler writes:

Old Moore’s Almanac is 253 years old and has been a stocking-filler since its inception. In 2016 our inhouse psychic predicted that 2016 was a year that would not be remembered fondly. And that was truly the sentiment by the end of the year.

The magazine holds on to its position as having one of the highest circulations of any indigenous magazine in the country. With a print run of 47,000 copies, it has enjoyed a revival in recent years due to its accurate predictions and its love of futurism.

Old Moore’s Almanac 2017

Irish-made Stocking fillers to broiadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’. No fee.

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SPLUTTER!

The Phoenix Magazine (Facebook)

How Can INM Buy Up Companies While It Cuts Staff Pensions To Pieces (Justine McCarthy, Sunday Times, behind paywall)

Pic Belfast Telegraph